DAO SPECIAL 4:

: Five frogs affected by chytridiomycosis. Click here for full-size image and legend.

Chytridiomycosis: An emerging disease

Editors: Alex Hyatt, Cynthia Carey, Andrew Cunningham, and Guest Editor Rick Speare

Chytridiomycosis is the most formidable infectious disease known to infect amphibians. It has the potential of causing sporadic deaths in some populations, and 100% mortality in others. Since the mid 1990s the causative agent Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis has been identified, sampling protocols and diagnostic assays developed, surveys conducted, investigations into treatment and management and control undertaken. In this special issue papers will address updates on the origin and spread of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, pathology of the disease, host defenses and mitigation of the impact of spread and disease via therapeutics, management and control.

Contents

Articles appear online (as final unpaginated proofs) as soon as they are finalized by the authors. They will be paginated when the Special is complete.

Garland S, Baker A, Phillott AD, Skerratt LF

BSA reduces inhibition in a TaqMan^® assay for the detection of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

DAO Special 4:pp1 | Full text in pdf format

Longo AV, Burrowes PA, Joglar RL

Seasonality of Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis infection in direct-developing frogs suggests a mechanism for persistence

DAO Special 4:pp2 | Full text in pdf format

Kolby JE, Padgett-Flohr GE, Field R

Amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Cusuco National Park, Honduras

DAO Special 4:pp3 | Full text in pdf format

Hunter DA, Speare R, Marantelli G, Mendez D, Pietsch R, Osborne W

Presence of the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in threatened corroboree frog populations in the Australian Alps

DAO Special 4:pp4 | Full text in pdf format

Schock DM, Ruthig GR, Collins JP, Kutz SJ, Carrière S, Gau RJ, Veitch AM, Larter NC, Tate DP, Guthrie G, Allaire DG, Popko RA

Amphibian chytrid fungus and ranaviruses in the Northwest Territories, Canada

DAO Special 4:pp5 | Full text in pdf format

Rosenblum EB, Fisher MC, James TY, Stajich JE, Longcore JE, Gentry LR, Poorten TJ

A molecular perspective: biology of the emerging pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

DAO Special 4:pp6 | Full text in pdf format

Schloegel LM, Daszak P, Cunningham AA, Speare R, Hill B

Two amphibian diseases, chytridiomycosis and ranaviral disease, are now globally notifiable to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE): an assessment

DAO Special 4:pp7 | Full text in pdf format

Phillott AD, Speare R, Hines HB, Skerratt LF, Meyer E, McDonald KR, Cashins SD, Mendez D, Berger L

REVIEW: Minimising exposure of amphibians to pathogens during field studies

DAO Special 4:pp8 | Full text in pdf format

Wei Y, Xu K, Zhu DZ, Chen XF, Wang XL

Early-spring survey for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in wild Rana dybowskii in Heilongjiang Province, China

DAO Special 4:pp9 | Full text in pdf format

Rödder D, Kielgast J, Lötters S

Future potential distribution of the emerging amphibian chytrid fungus under anthropogenic climate change

DAO Special 4:pp10 | Full text in pdf format

Voyles J, Richards-Hrdlicka K, Cashins SD, Rosenblum EB, Hyatt AD, Berger L, Skerratt LF

NOTE: Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis: requirement for further isolate collection and archiving

DAO Special 4:pp11 | Full text in pdf format

Shaw SD, Bishop PJ, Berger L, Skerratt LF, Garland S, Gleeson DM, Haigh A, Herbert S, Speare R

Experimental infection of self-cured Leiopelma archeyi with the amphibian chytrid Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

DAO Special 4:pp12 | Full text in pdf format

Pauza MD, Driessen MM, Skerratt LF

Distribution and risk factors for spread of amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area, Australia

DAO Special 4:pp13 | Full text in pdf format

Moss AS, Carty N, San Francisco MJ

Identification and partial characterization of an elastolytic protease in the amphibian pathogen Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis

DAO Special 4:pp14 | Full text in pdf format

Catenazzi A, Vredenburg VT, Lehr E

NOTE: Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in the live frog trade of Telmatobius (Anura: Ceratophryidae) in the tropical Andes

DAO Special 4:pp15 | Full text in pdf format

Bourke J, Mutschmann F, Ohst T, Ulmer P, Gutsche A, Busse K, Werning H, Boehme W

Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis in Darwin’s frog Rhinoderma spp. in Chile

DAO Special 4:pp16 | Full text in pdf format

Berger L, Speare R, Pessier A, Voyles J, Skerratt LF

Treatment of chytridiomycosis requires urgent clinical trials